Obs. rare.
1. [app. f. prec. adj.] trans. ? To treat kindly.
a. 1450. Knt. de la Tour (1868), 112. The hynde … whanne the moder of other bestis be slaine, yet wolle she gladly of her gentille nature norishe the yonge … and kindithe hem tille they may susteine hem selff.
2. [f. KIND sb.] In pa. pple. Sprung, begotten. ? pseudo-arch.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., V. v. 40. Not borne Of Beares and Tygres, nor so salvage mynded As that … She yet forgets that she of men was kynded.
